How to Paint NMM Weapons

In this video we take a look at how to paint NMM weapons on a Space Marine Captain.
NMM or non metallic metal is a style of painting where you paint metallic surfaces with paints that do not contain any metallic pigments.
We are focusing on creating as much value contrast as possible, by placing our highlights and shadows in such a way that they imitate reflections, shine spots and bounce lights on the surface.
I will be going into NMM theory a bit more in another video.
If you have any questions leave a comment below and I will be happy to help.
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Paints:
Mars Black - Golden Artist Colour
Purity White - S75 Fantasy & Games
Rainy Grey - S75
Miskatonic Grey - S75 Fantasy & Games
Hykey Yellow - S75 Fantasy & Games
GW Conversion*:
Abaddon Black
White Scar
Dawnstone
Pallid Wych Flesh
Dorn Yellow
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro and Theory
00:37 Paints
00:56 Sword Light Placement
04:14 Sword Shadows
04:36 Sword Highlights
05:53 Sword Edges
06:34 Gun Light Placement
10:04 Gun Shadows
11:28 Gun Highlights
12:42 Completed Mini
13:13 Outro
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[@MagatsuNimura]

Great job James, honestly. Very concise, well recorded, and full of useful tips.
Thanks!!

[@jwminiatures]

Cheers buddy, glad it was useful!

[@Gw-hp4nb]

Fantastic as always, just came back to this for another look as I didn't get time to soak it up properly first time round.

[@jwminiatures]

Cheers mate, glad you liked it!

[@nathannoah488]

James- Can you do a in-depth video on choosing your reflections for armor based on your light source? Excellent Job!

[@jwminiatures]

Thanks mate, yeah I have plans to do more indepth NMM theory videos and different tutorials!

[@Gw-hp4nb]

I'm going to second the shout for in depth nmm, your style of it is fantastic in my own opinion, be good to get a deeper dig at it.

[@RichardReads]

Great video man, really liked it. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@jwminiatures]

Thank mate, glad you liked it!

[@79BRIK]

Killer video...

[@jwminiatures]

Cheers mate, glad you liked it!

[@prickswithstix1113]

It maybe the camera, the bounce highlight “appear” to be the same brightness as the as the direct highlights. That doesn’t sell in opinion. Everything else is excellent. But like I said it could be the camera or the screen on my phone. For me bounce highlights are the key to this style. Great instruction!

[@jwminiatures]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll take that into consideration in future videos.